Q2. The author of this passage is _______ [Passage: 'I cried aloud...wooden puppet'] Instruction: (Fill in the blank)

(B) Zitkala-Sa CORRECT. The passage describes forced hair-cutting at a Native American boarding school — a signature autobiographical scene from Zitkala-Sa's memoir. The 'wooden puppet' simile is uniquely hers.
(A) Kamala Das WRONG. Kamala Das wrote 'My Mother at Sixty-Six' — a poem about her ageing mother. She has no connection to this boarding school scene. (C) Bama WRONG. Bama ('Karukku') wrote about Dalit identity and caste discrimination in Tamil Nadu. This passage has a completely different cultural context. (D) Sarojini Naidu WRONG. Sarojini Naidu was a poet and freedom fighter. She did not write prose passages about Native American boarding schools.